{"product_id":"mother-juniper-on-ecological-matrescence-in-climate-crisis","title":"Mother Juniper: On Matrescence in Ecological Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Allison Claire Davis | \u003cstrong\u003eForeword by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ibu Robin Lim | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Aurélie Athan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover | \u003cstrong\u003eTrim Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.5\" x 8.5\" | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 6, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eCover reveal coming June 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat happens when a woman becomes a mother during the slow emergency of our ecological crisis?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAllison Davis was nursing her daughter when she read the IPCC report. Twelve years to limit catastrophic warming, less than the length of her childhood. Her body made milk while she realized her daughter's future had a deadline. Behind her house stood a juniper, twisted, scarred, magnificent. Over years of returning to her, Davis learned how the juniper's growth in hostile terrain made ground for what came after. \u003ci\u003eMother Juniper\u003c\/i\u003e names maternal ecodistress and traces a developmental path through it, arguing that the wound severing mothers from Earth is the wound at the root of our ecological crisis.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAllison Claire Davis, MS, LPC, PhD (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a perinatal mental health counselor, researcher, and educator. She teaches at Pacifica Graduate Institute, directs the Maternal Ecopsychology Certification program for clinicians and birth workers, and serves as associate editor of the Journal for Mental Health and Climate Change. She runs Southwest Perinatal Counseling and lives in Galisteo, New Mexico, with her two daughters, among the junipers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Addresses increasing rates of maternal PTSD\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Suggests evidence-based approaches to climate distress\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Clear and comforting frameworks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenefits\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Compassionate care for caregivers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Current research coupled with practical strategies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• A trauma-informed approach to eco-anxiety\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIdeal Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e• Mothers navigating grief, anxiety, and rage about ecological crisis\u003cbr\u003e• \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePerinatal clinicians seeing ecological distress in their clients\u003cbr\u003e• \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEcopsychologists, therapists, and birth workers seeking a maternal framework\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePre-Order Bonus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1. Every pre-order of \u003ci\u003eMother Juniper\u003c\/i\u003e includes an exclusive digital copy of \u003ci\u003ePioneer Species Carework: A Mother Juniper Workbook\u003c\/i\u003e, available for download on publication day, November 4, 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePioneer Species Carework\u003c\/i\u003e is an expressive ecotherapy workbook for mothers, guided chapter by chapter through the seven pioneer species functions of \u003ci\u003eMother Juniper\u003c\/i\u003e. With embodied reflection practices, expressive writing prompts, and nature-based exercises for each function, it extends the book's developmental path into lived practice. Designed to be used alongside \u003ci\u003eMother Juniper\u003c\/i\u003e, it is also a standalone resource for clinicians supporting mothers through ecological crisis.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"9th House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48574004658393,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/0771\/8361\/files\/Juniper-tempcover._1bc74c12-be35-4db1-8772-9e4b2315dac7.jpg?v=1777590470","url":"https:\/\/9thhousepressbookstore.com\/products\/mother-juniper-on-ecological-matrescence-in-climate-crisis","provider":"9th House Press Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}